Funds for procurement of medical equipment for urgent medical help donated
29.1.2010
T-Hrvatski Telekom presented today a donation intended for procurement of medical equipment for urgent medical help to the Health Center Dubrovnik. On the occasion, dr. Stjepo Raguž, the Head of the Health Center Dubrovnik received a check for procurement of the required equipment from the Large Enterprises Manager, Renato Totić Šimić.
The donation to the Health Center Dubrovnik is a part of a large donation of T-Hrvatski Telekom announced in December last year. The donation is intended for procurement of the needed medical equipment for six institutions providing urgent medical help all over Croatia including: Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice” in Zagreb, Emergency Medical Treatment Institution in Rijeka, and emergency rooms in Community Health Centers in Vukovar, Šibenik, Dubrovnik, and Slavonski Brod. The total value of the donation amounts to HRK 1,151,500.00.
Health Center Dubrovnik will use the received donation for purchase of a monitor, defibrillator, 12-channel ECG, external cardiac pacemaker and resuscitation bag.
“By presenting this donation, we want to participate actively in improving the protection and saving of human lives and in increasing the quality of urgent medical service for the well being of everyone”; said T-HT’s Large Enterprises Manager, Renato Totić on the occasion. “We have chosen urgent medical help as an area of the donation activities of T-Hrvatski Telekom because of its general importance for both the entire society and each individual regardless of his/her age, sex, place of living and social status. As a company with more than 2.8 million mobile and more than 1.5 million fixed users, we are aware that the efficient communication is often crucial for protection and saving of human lives. We want that every call for help ends up in good hands. We are particularly glad that Health Center Dubrovnik is one of the medical institutions to receive the donation this year”.
The Head of the Health Center Dubrovnik, thanked T-HT for the donation and support and added: “Our cooperation has been on a very high level and we hope that this will continue in the future. We wish that our cooperation grew even stronger and more constructive for the benefit of all of us. We sincerely hope that the stronger cooperation will help us reach our specified goals. A big thank you for everything that you have done and that you are doing for the wellbeing of our institution and citizens. We hope that this praiseworthy gesture will serve as an encouragement to other potential donors”.
By this project, T-Hrvatski Telekom continue the four-year practice of investing into urgent medical help. Up to now, T-HT donated almost HRK 10 million for procurement of medical devices, equipment, vehicles and for educational projects.
By presenting this donation T-Hrvatski Telekom confirmed once again its status of a company that puts a strong emphasis on the socially responsible business practice and care for the community in which the Company operates.